Data about three railway wood consumption units of the Pakistan Railways, viz. Railway Workshop and Track Department at Lahore( inherited by Pakistan at independence)and a new carriage factory, established at Islamabad in 1970 currently require 14,260 m3 of wood. Number of persons employed the year round in wood-working units being 2216, projected demands of wood of the various tree species, mostly Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. and Cerdrus deodara (Roxb.ex Lamb) G.Don for the year 1990,1995 and 2000 were worked out to be 18,012, 27,379 and 36,745 m3 respectively.